ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,997, issued on May 13, was assigned to Samuel Son & Co. (USA) Inc. (Woodridge, Ill.).
"Hand held strapping tool" was invented by Michael A. Graef (Warrenville, Ill.) and Nathan C. Mellas (Warrenville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strapping device includes a handle, a body, and an actuator. The handle includes an input device and a switch, the input device spaced from the switch by a biasing element that applies a bias force to the input device. The input device moves from a first state spaced from the switch to a second state contacting the switch responsive to receiving a force greater than the bias force. A circuit of the ...